dog urinary incontinence

Causes of Dog Incontinence

1. Due to the immature bladder development and weak control ability of dogs in their childhood, urinary incontinence will appear when they are emotional.

2. Urinary incontinence in dogs may be due to abnormal lesions of the urinary system, such as cystitis, urethritis, stones, tumors and other urinary system diseases that cause urinary incontinence.

3. It may also be related to the dog's nerves or muscles, such as damage to the bladder neck and urethral sphincter caused by trauma or surgery, and neurogenic bladder caused by central nervous system diseases, which may lead to loss of urinary control. Dogs have abnormal urination.

4. If the dog is frightened or goes to an unfamiliar environment, showing nervous and fearful emotions will cause urinary incontinence.

5. Peripheral nerve damage caused by spinal cord injury, cerebrovascular disease, and diabetes lead to paralysis of the bladder, and loss of bladder detrusor function makes it impossible to urinate normally.

6. After the female dog is sterilized, the level of estrogen drops, which leads to the symptoms of urinary incontinence in the dog.

How to diagnose urinary incontinence in dogs

1. Blood test: can understand the changes of cells in the blood, whether the enzymes in the organs are abnormal, whether there is acidemia, etc.

2. Urine test: You can know whether there are changes in hematuria, bacteriuria, proteinuria, etc., the ammonia content in the urine, the cast in the urine residue test, etc., can help to judge.

3. X-ray examination: It can be seen whether there are stones in the bladder and urethra, and the size of the prostate, and the contrast agent in the bladder can be used to assist in the judgment.

4. Ultrasonic examination: It can examine various organs to evaluate the treatment effect of the disease.